All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Today, I am happy to announce our plans to open a new AWS Region in Italy! The AWS Europe (Milan) Region is the 25th AWS Region that we've announced globally. It's the sixth AWS Region in Europe, joining existing regions in France, Germany, Ireland, the UK, and the new Region that we recently announced in Sweden.

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Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sustainability at AWS re:Invent 2022 -All the talks and videos I could find… Las Vegas MSG Sphere under construction next door to the Venetian Sands Expo Center — Photo by Adrian This blog post is long overdue — I spent too long trying to find time to watch all the videos, and finally gave up and listed a few below that I haven’t seen.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

McKinsey summarizes the importance of this focus: “Every company uses energy and resources; every company affects and is affected by the environment.” Some interesting facts: Moving a workload to the cloud can reduce its carbon footprint by up to 96%. Cloud computing has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Today, I am excited to announce plans for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring an infrastructure Region to the Middle East! This move is another milestone in our global expansion and mission to bring flexible, scalable, and secure cloud computing infrastructure to organizations around the world.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Today, I am happy to announce the general availability of AWS China (Ningxia) Region, operated by Ningxia Western Cloud Data Technology Co. Founded in 2015, NWCD is a licensed data center and cloud services provider, based in Ningxia, China. to begin using both AWS China Regions.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS EU (Paris) Region, our 18th technology infrastructure Region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide. The cloud is an opportunity to stay competitive in each of these domains by giving companies freedom to innovate quickly.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

This spring I travelled through Europe for the AWS Global Summit series. Europe is a continent with much diversity and for each country there are great AWS customer examples to tell. Given that I am originally from the Netherlands I have, of course, a special interest in how Dutch companies are using our cloud services. .

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High Scalability

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud? book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. We have a fabrication plant in Chengdu, it's public knowledge that this fab is helping to manufacture products built on the latest process technology. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2015

Cloud computing is enabling amazing new innovations both in consumer and enterprise products, as it became the new normal for organizations of all sizes. So many exciting new areas are being empowered by cloud that it is fascinating to watch. Cloud analytics are everywhere. Cloud enables self-service analytics.

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High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. 40 million : Netflix monthly spend on cloud services; 5% : retention increase can increase profits 25%; 50+% : Facebook's IPv6 traffic from the U.S,

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KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence and machine learning Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are becoming more prevalent in web development, with many companies and developers looking to integrate these technologies into their websites and web applications.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In November 2015, Amazon Web Services announced that it would launch a new AWS infrastructure region in the United Kingdom. Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS Europe (London) Region, our 16th technology infrastructure region globally, is now generally available for use by customers worldwide.

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Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I also learned a lot about how to work directly with customers, when to shut up and let the sales guy drive the conversation, and generally how technology sales works. I saw Erik Fisher last time I was in Budapest, and Constantin Gonzalez later became one of the first AWS solutions architects in Germany, too many names to mention.

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O'Reilly Software

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You need to assess your problem space, your skills, technology landscape, and understand what you are trying to achieve before deciding if microservices are right for you. If you are running the software yourselves, you are able to offset this new complexity by adopting new technology, developing new skills, and changing working practices.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

As is the case with many other developers, the reports over the last few years of the huge energy requirements of the web have prompted me to take a look at my own websites and see what I can do to minimize their impact. The good news is that, as developers, we can do an awful lot about it. Reducing Carbon Emissions On The Web.

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High Scalability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud? book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. We have moved on to newer, faster, more reliable, more agile, more versatile technology at more lower cost and higher scale. AWS Redshift FTW! Or, in Fristonian terms, it is to minimize free energy.

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